Certificate in Threat Assessment and Management
Identify and manage individuals who may pose a threat to safety.
Threat Assessment and Management Certificate Overview
In this program, students will examine risk factors and behavioral cues to aid in identifying individuals who may pose a threat to personal and organizational safety. Regardless of industry or setting, the program will not only help students recognize a potential threat, but also give them a familiarity with proven tactics on managing the threat with effective leadership skills.
Designed for professionals interested in personal and organizational safety and security, students will learn to describe evidence-based approaches to identifying and managing threats, employ proven tactics for mitigating violence in a variety of contexts, situations, and environments, and apply evidence-based crisis management interventions to prevent and reduce violence.
Program Highlights
Offered Online
The threat assessment training program is offered online giving you the flexibility to complete your coursework virtually and from a location of your choice.
Evidence-Based Expertise
Work and study with the field’s top professionals, building your expertise in evidence-based skills in effective threat assessment and management.
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Curriculum Plan
Course 1: Fundamentals of Threat Assessment and Management
This course provides an overview of the theories and approaches related to identifying and mitigating potential violent activity in specific contexts. It examines investigating people who may pose a threat and recognizing and managing immediate threats. Topics include behavioral threat assessment and threat management, violence risk assessment, behavioral analysis, victim factors and forensic victimology, threatening communications, and managing threats in various contexts.
Course 2: Threat Assessment and Management in Context: School and Workplace Violence
This course explores educational institution disruptions such as school violence, workplace violence, and mall violence, and examines their differences, commonalities, and uniqueness in terms of threat assessment and management, including efforts to evaluate and manage these threats. Also addressed are the factors that contribute to violence in these particular areas, from both internal and external sources, as well as legal issues related to evaluating and managing threats in these areas.
Course 3: Threat Assessment and Management in Context: Stalking, Intimate Partners, and Public Figures
This course explores stalking and its relationship to violence from a threat assessment perspective. The course examines the factors that respectively increase and decrease the risk of violence and potential lethality in these contexts and focuses on methods of identifying violent intent and mitigating violence potential.
These courses and certificates qualify for ASIS Continuing Education Units.
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The certificate program is offered online. All classes and coursework can be completed virtually, allowing you flexibility with your schedule.